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Pips for April 2 2026.

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Easy

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2 3 6 1 3 3 5 0 5 3

Numbers show the pips on each domino half in its solved position.

  1. 2–3: row 1, column 2 → row 1, column 3
  2. 6–1: row 1, column 1 → row 2, column 1
  3. 3–3: row 2, column 3 → row 3, column 3
  4. 5–0: row 4, column 1 → row 3, column 1
  5. 5–3: row 4, column 2 → row 4, column 3

Medium

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3 1 1 4 3 2 6 6 5 4 0 2 5 3 6 5

Numbers show the pips on each domino half in its solved position.

  1. 3–1: row 4, column 4 → row 4, column 3
  2. 1–4: row 1, column 3 → row 1, column 4
  3. 3–2: row 3, column 2 → row 2, column 2
  4. 6–6: row 2, column 4 → row 3, column 4
  5. 5–4: row 2, column 1 → row 3, column 1
  6. 0–2: row 3, column 3 → row 2, column 3
  7. 5–3: row 4, column 1 → row 4, column 2
  8. 6–5: row 1, column 1 → row 1, column 2

Hard

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6 1 0 0 1 4 2 3 4 0 1 1 3 0 4 2 5 5 3 1 6 6 0 1 4 6 2 0 5 4 1 2

Numbers show the pips on each domino half in its solved position.

  1. 6–1: row 5, column 5 → row 4, column 5
  2. 0–0: row 6, column 2 → row 7, column 2
  3. 1–4: row 2, column 9 → row 1, column 9
  4. 2–3: row 2, column 1 → row 1, column 1
  5. 4–0: row 9, column 5 → row 8, column 5
  6. 1–1: row 9, column 3 → row 10, column 3
  7. 3–0: row 6, column 5 → row 7, column 5
  8. 4–2: row 6, column 6 → row 6, column 7
  9. 5–5: row 5, column 6 → row 5, column 7
  10. 3–1: row 10, column 5 → row 10, column 4
  11. 6–6: row 1, column 5 → row 2, column 5
  12. 0–1: row 6, column 3 → row 6, column 4
  13. 4–6: row 2, column 7 → row 3, column 7
  14. 2–0: row 5, column 4 → row 5, column 3
  15. 5–4: row 3, column 3 → row 2, column 3
  16. 1–2: row 7, column 8 → row 6, column 8
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